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In granting permission, city council planners said: “The proposals are considered to be acceptable in terms of their impact on highway safety and parking issues, land contamination and flood risk matters, and would be visually acceptable given the context of the surrounding retail park.”

A separate application was lodged to revamp the retail units at the Meteor Centre

The Meteor Centre, which has 12 retail outlets, plus a McDonald’s, KFC and an Aldi, is home to a number of big-name retailers. These include B&M Bargains, The Range, Bensons for Beds, DFS and Pets at Home.

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At the same time, a separate application submitted to the city council to revamp some of the vacant retail units has also been approved.

The revamp plans focus on Units 1, 2 and 2A at the park – two of which are currently vacant. Part of the application involves creating an additional unit, Unit 2B and adding 10,000 sq ft of floor space.

In planning documents submitted by Urban Edge Architecture, on behalf of the retail park’s owner Meteor SARL, it said that tenants for the revamped units tenants were “currently unconfirmed”.